Gaza's hospitals are poorly supplied in normal times, but with Israel cutting water, electricity, food and fuel, the coastal enclave of 2.3 million people is looking at unprecedented humanitarian crisis.
People stand by the bodies of victims of Israeli air strikes outside the morgue of al-Shifa hospital in Gaza City on October 12, 2023. / Photo: AFP
"I am emotionally, physically exhausted. I just have to stop myself from thinking about how much worse it will get." "Ambulances can’t get to the wounded, the wounded can’t get to intensive care, the dead can’t get to the morgue." The deaths, and over 6,000 wounded, have overwhelmed Gaza's healthcare facilities as supplies dwindle.
With resources stretched thin, clinics understaffed and ambulances taking hours to get victims to medical care because airstrikes have ravaged the streets, some say it's not worth the trip. "I’ve been to many places and seen horrors and shelling. Not this level of insanity," said 36-year-old local photojournalist Attia Darwish as he watched the wounded pour into Shifa Hospital.
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